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Morris Gest (also Maurice Guest, March 15, 1875 – May 16, 1942) was an American theatrical producer of the early 20th century. Early life. Moishe Gershnowitz was born near Vilna (then part of the Russian empire, now Lithuania ), [1] : 81 the son of Leon and Elizabeth Gershonovitz.
The Morris Gest Collection, 1864-1966 (bulk 1894-1958), compiled by Gest’s press agents, Oliver Sayler and Marjorie Barkentin, documents the life and career of one of Broadway’s most successful and well-known producers of the 1910s and 1920s.
- Gest, Morris, 1881-1942
- Morris Gest Collection
- 1864-1966 (bulk 1894-1958)
May 18, 2014 · Morris Gest, who came to American as an immigrant from Russia and achieved international fame as a great theatrical producer, died yesterday in the Midtown Hospital, in his sixty-first year. He...
Mar 15, 2021 · A brief salute to impresario Morris Gest (Moishe Gershnowitz, 1875-1942). Born in Lithuania, Gest came to the U.S. at the age of 12, initially living in Boston, where he worked at local carnivals, Yiddish theatres and vaudeville houses as an usher, bill poster, outside talker (barker), and ad man.
U.S. theatrical producer Morris Gest was born in Vilna, Lithuania. With his partner, F. Ray Comstock, he produced The Miracle in 1905. Gest and Comstock were known for importing shows and acts from other countries, most notably the Moscow Art Theatre, which they brought to the United States in 1923.
Morris Gest (1881-1942) was one of Broadway's most successful and well-known theatrical producers of the 1910s and 1920s. Born Mishka Gershonovitch on January 17, 1881, in Koshedary, a small village near Vilnius, Lithuania, and raised in the Jewish community of Butrimonys, Lithuania, Gest emigrated to Boston by himself at the age of twelve.
Toward the end of 1919, during the same week that Jolson first introduced “Swanee” into Sinbad, Morris Gest, a leading producer, launched Morris Gest's Midnight Whirl, Gershwin's first revue to appear on Broadway.
